Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In electricity, in resonance. See
resonance , 4. - Toned: usually in composition: as, a shrill-tuned bell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Adjusted in
pitch orresonance . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tune .
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Examples
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This is the most I have ever watched CNN or so in tuned with politics.
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Most of her supporters, will realize who is more in tuned with thier ideas and vote Obama, anyway.
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If networks are so "in tuned" with monitoring discussions on the internet, how on earth did we wind up with an 11th year of 7th Heaven --- and no Everwood??
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In all seriousness, this Monday I once again tuned into an entire episode of 2.5 MEN just to make sure the show continued to deserve my incessant criticism.
‘Critics’ Pick TV’s Best & Worst, We Disagree | the TV addict 2007
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You're focused, so in tuned to the game that you forget about everything else in life.
USATODAY.com - Final Four teams hope to 'get lost' during winning efforts 2003
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Then Martin tuned his lute and played and sang as follows, while the girls took hands and danced in a green chain among the twisty trees.
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Then Martin tuned his lute and played and sang as follows, while the girls took hands and danced in a green chain among the twisty trees.
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I’m certainly more in tuned with the suffering and plights of others.
Think Progress » As New Orleans Drowned, Chertoff Was Focused On Avian Flu and Immigration 2005
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"Radio transmitters that O'Rayn named _patmaquar_ -- 'heartstones' in English -- tuned to that frequency those-who-sniff use to communicate with each other.
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Newer TEAC models boast something called tuned-port enclosures, which are described as speaker "chambers" that improve sound.
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